... conditions. We will demonstrate a live RTLS during this presentation, courtesy of RedPoint Positioning. Wearable Technology for Construction Safety Wearables for construction safety are an emerging technology. There are still some technical challenges that are being addressed, such as battery life...

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... health corporate safety director construction safety safety professional construction project responsibility construction safety professional intern Session No. 704 Growing Your Own Construction Safety Professionals Richard Baldwin, M.S., CSP U.S. Director, HSE PCL Construction Enterprises...

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... though significant progress has been made over the years through groundbreaking safety research, construction safety and health professionals should identify news ways to improve the industry's safety and health performance. One such way is getting construction crafts involved in the development...

...Session No. 503 Standards of Safety in Construction and Demolition Operations A10 Series: The Systems Approach to Construction Safety Frank Burg, PE, CSP President Accident Prevention Corp Richard F. King, Vice President Construction & Procurement Black & Veatch Construction Standard Comparison...

...Session No. 792 Key Issue Roundtable #16: Integrating Safety & Health into Green Construction Matt Gillen, MS, CIH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Office of Construction Safety and Health Washington, DC Introduction Improving sustainability and the environmental...

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... Background Construction Safety is one of the core courses in the Occupational Safety, Health, and Environment (OSH&E) Bachelor of Science degree program at Southeastern Louisiana University. This course addresses the application of management principles, communication and human relations...

.... And experienced construction safety managers and client officials will quickly recount the projects that have been less than successful and explain how a shaky start followed by the inevitable dismal finish often is caused by inadequate planning and leadership support. The most successful construction firms have...

... that no entity that presides over projects that experience avoidable workplace deaths, serious injuries, or illnesses can ever claim to be sustainable. For green buildings to be considered sustainable, therefore, construction safety and health concepts must be included in the design phase and integrated...

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... Introduction Construction safety is a global concern – wherever there are construction activities there are safety concerns. The ILO (2005) estimates that there are 60,000 fatal accidents worldwide each year, or put another way, this equates to a fatal accident occurs every ten minutes and 17...

... the traditional approach to a construction project where safety is managed after the project is underway, long after the design professional has completed the plans and specifications. The Designing for Construction Safety (DfCS) model extends the designer s role to include construction site safety...

... (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004). Studies have shown that a fairly large percentage of construction accidents could have been eliminated , reduced, or avoided by making better choices in the design and planning stages of a project (Hecker, et al 2005 and Behm 2005). Addressing construction safety...

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... Abstract In the United States, the formal consideration of construction site safety is absent during the design phase of a construction project. The concept of designing for construction safety is a viable intervention and is one piece of a holistic approach to construction project safety...

...Session No. 650 Management of Construction Safety for High-Tech and Semiconductor Facilities Robert L. Potts, MS, CSP Director SH&E M+W Zander U.S. Ops Plano, Texas Discussion in the High Tech Construction industry about the effectiveness of Safety Management and Site Specific Safety Plans (SSSPs...

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... Standards? Is it the desire to be far away from home and office in a construction trailer surrounded by mud in the spring and dust in the summer? Is it the preference for long, sometimes uncompensated hours, extreme weather and constant change? To an experienced construction safety manager, these hardships...